With a week and a half left to play in the regular season and ground to make up in the wild-card race, they need wins any way they can get them.

Pete Alonso homered against the New York Mets again, a solo shot in the first inning that sent the Baltimore Orioles to a 7-1 victory Wednesday night and a three-game sweep at Citi Field.

The Polar Bear extended praise to his teammates in Baltimore's 7-5 extra-innings victory on Tuesday that saw him hit his 300th career home run.